Balloons for War Testings Highlight Baldwin Dirigible
Captain Baldwin of California unveils a ninety foot dirigible with a 1280 pound displacement and a thirty horsepower engine designed for army tests at Fort Myer Virginia. The craft carries two men, uses silk and rubber gas bags, eight box kites for stability, and a rubber netting to manage gas expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas 8. Baldwin
California
United States Army
Fort Myer
Captain Baldwin
Washington
New York Sun
Count von Zeppelin
Wright Brothers
A. M. Herring
Army Signal Corps
St. Louis
Puzzler No 41 Syncopations and 42 Changed Initials
Puzzle items ask to drop the middle letter from each word to yield new words. Entries include Procrastinate yielding a animal, comic play yielding head part, discovered yielding tender, giving motion yielding secure or fix firmly, grain yielding interrogative pronoun, weapon yielding dispute, mercenary yielding meat, harm yielding habituate, article of food yielding nail, praises yielding boys, pounds yielding wagers, languishes yielding pastry. No. 42 begins with changing words to exile disappear, develop ship part, transport across water fruit, and ends abruptly.
No. 43 Riddle Downtrodden and Reviled Yet Needed
A riddle about an unloved but essential thing that humans abuse and discard yet rely on for protection and daily use, implying a paradoxical dependence on something detested but necessary.
No. 44 Diamond clues solve a double meaning
A midwinter letter suggests a soft pastry and a debate term. A violent rapid flow appears as a river meaning. The act of moving from one state or country to another ties to dispute for. A kind of day or recessed window refers to a dome or bay and the summit closes the set.
Useful Tools Plan Inspires Thrift and Learning
The speaker declares a universal plan to follow and mocks sham merit while stressing thrift and learning as essential. He asserts relentless vigilance, noting a tax today but remaining undiscouraged and determined.
Arithmetical Puzzle No 46 Four Parts Equal Result
How can the number 45 be divided into four parts so that adding 2 to the first, subtracting 2 from the second, doubling the third, and halving the fourth all yield the same value. Find the four parts and the common result.
No. 47 A Boy's Hero
A playful verse asserts a boy is a hero, with a rosy complexion and sunny curls. It claims the hero was Two THREE FOUR and that the record shows One to Four as the whole. The speaker mocks ignorance of a famous title.
Questions and Answers Riddle Parade of Puns
A collection of wordplay and jokes about heirs monkeys bald heads orphans and a man with sheep. It includes answers like nineteen remained from twenty six sheep and a pun about Caruso and precious stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caruso
Key to the Puzzler No 33 Literary Lights and Miscellany
Puzzles list names Mary Lamb George Eliot Mrs Humphry Ward Julia Ward Howe Frances Hodgson Burnett Mrs Browning Jean Ingelow Mary Wilkins Freeman Amelia E Barr Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. No 34 Hidden Fruits includes lemon manzo apricot fig date. No 35 Animal Puzzle unicorn dragon. No 36 Charade sigh fur cipher. No 37 Added Fractions piano gale garment azure. No 38 Riddle yolk yoke. No 39 A Pyramid C IL 2% Mum Ohio Comic. No 40 Remainders: Committee Saleratous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lamb
George Eliot
Gale
Ohio
Life as A School A life lesson metaphor discourse
This piece compares life to a school where EXPERIENCE is the teacher. It rejects both pessimistic pruning like thorns and Epicurean indulgence, arguing life’s lessons arrive as hard and pleasant moments. Each person must learn for themselves, with graduation symbols of diplomas and the call to study and persevere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Life
Roosevelt
Fruit a failure this year in Illinois crops
Bloomington Ill Aug 5 The Illinois Horticultural society advisory board reports fruit crops in Illinois are at a total failure for the year with apples peaches and pears yielding only a slight amount and a bad outlook for next year. The board includes Professor R O Graham Colonel J Mack Tanner A J Jolly H A Aldrich and W S Perrine with Senators Dunlap and University of Illinois professors contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Illinois Horticultural Society
R. O. Graham
Tsloomington
State Society
J. Mack Tanner
Chicago
A. J. Jolly
Olney
H. A. Aldrich
Neoga
W.S. Perrine
Centralia
H. M. Dunlap
Savoy
Burrill, Blair
Crandall
Stewd
Howe
University of Illinois
Illinois
Judge Declares Self Defense In Bedell Case
Mount Carmel Newfoundland Aug 5 Norman Dode Bedell faced a preliminary examination for attempting to kill Ora Havill editor of Havill's Every Morning. After testimony the court ruled the defendant acted in self defense and should be freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Norman “Dode
Bedell
Ora F. Havill
Mavill
Squire Kencipp
Willie Jones Buys A Cent’s Worth Of Candy In Line
A playful World newspaper line notes Willie Jones calling to join the queue as he purchases a single cent’s worth of candy, capturing a bustling street moment and local charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Willie Jones
New York World
Light state primaries yield meager returns across three states
The Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma primaries produced light voter turnout with no clear winners yet in the first two states. Tommy Burns arrived in Fremantle Australia, while Bronson Howard died at Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey aged sixty six after weeks of illness.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tommy Burns
Fremantle
Australia
Bronson Howard
Avon-by-the-Sea
N. J
Terceira Island
Azores
Emmett T. Flood
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters
Detroit
Chicago
Winnipeg
Fernie
Stoke-upon- Trent
Cartmell
University of Pennsylvania
United States Atlantic
Auckland
Berlin
Constantinople
Weather forecast by region tonight shows cooler northern areas
The official forecast extends to 8 o'clock tonight with generally fair conditions across Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. North portions are cooler and less warm than elsewhere as light winds prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade Aug 4
Chicago quotes show cash wheat by sample and spring wheat values, corn and oats ranges, and live stock prices. Hog and cattle receipts listed with price bands for prime and common grades, while sheep and lambs at East Buffalo also noted with bid ranges for various ages and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Standard
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ilinois
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Police detective declines post over church duties in New Albany
New Albany Indiana on August 5, George W Hollowell who had been appointed a detective in the local police department informed the city commissioners that he would not accept the position because he believed the duties would interfere with his church obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
George W. Hollowell
Drought Halves Bean Crop In Eaton Rapids Michigan
In Eaton Rapids Michigan on August 5 the local bean crop, a staple in the area, has been cut by half due to a prolonged drought with no meaningful rainfall for over a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Busy New York railways take in 1500000 nickels daily
On a busy day the New York railways handle 1,500,000 nickels while eight car trains are planned for the Boston elevated line to cope with traffic. Water softening devices are used on British railways, cutting boiler repair costs by about half and proving inexpensive themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Railways
Boston
British Railways
Lay Dying in Sun Ends in Lafayette Jail Hospital
Bo ward Hinkley a well known Oxford resident dies in Lafayette jail hospital after lying in the sun for two days near Main street by a Wabash river bridge. Passers by ignored his pleas for water misreading his condition. He was fifty.
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Lafayette
Ind
Boward Hinkley
Oxford
Hinkley
Main Street
Wabash River
Double tragedy at Cleveland Spur ends in murder suicide
In Royce Louisiana on August 5 Samuel Dubos a log sealer fatally shot John Tower general manager of National Lumber at Cleveland Spur nine miles west of town. Dubos then killed himself in the same act, reportedly over personal differences with Tower.
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Royce, la
Samuel Dubos
John Tower
National Lumber Company
Cleveland Spur
Dubois
Tower
South African Sprinter Breaks 100 Yard Record
Abergavenny England August 5 R F Walker the South African sprinter who won the 100 metres at the recent Olympic games has broken the world record for 100 yards with a time of 9 25 seconds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abergavenny
England
R. FE. Walker
Baseball Standings and Scores Across Major Leagues
Chicago Aug 5 report lists standings and daily scores for the National and American Leagues. Highlights include Philadelphiaes 6 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 3. Cincinnati 3 New York 4 in 12 innings. Brooklyn 5 St Louis 2. Pittsburg 5 Boston 2. Boston 4 Chicago 4 in other games. Detroit 8 Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 7 Washington 5. plus Western results from Sioux City Omaha and Lincoln-Des Moines with multiple games and dates.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Friars
Ruelbach
Kling
Corridon
Doom
New York
Cincinnati
Prrors
Ewing
Coakley
Schiler
Brookllyn
St. Louis
Prochign
Str. Louis
Brooklyn
Raymond
Karger
Ludwig
Wilhelm
Bergen
Boston- Pittsburg
Boston
Pittsburg
Young
Criger
Altrock
Owen
Sullivan
Detroit
Vickers
Schreck
Summers
Schmidt
Cleveland- Washington
Cleveland
Washington
Hughes
Warner
Liebhardt
Clarke
St. Louisa
Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
Des Moines
Pueblo
Denver
National
TL. P
Boston Ganarok
Sale
St Louis
Death of Fred M Wilkins in Brighton Iowa
Fred M Wilkins born December 20 1870 in Sigourney Iowa died July 31 1908 at his mother’s home in Brighton Iowa aged 37 years 7 months 11 days after a battle with consumption. He lived in Lexington New Sharon Oskaloosa and Chicago worked for lumber firms Adams Kelly Huttig Moss and served in the Spanish American War. He left a mother a brother and two sisters and was buried August 2 at Ainsworth cemetery beside his father.
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Fred M. Wilkins
A. ©. Wilkins
Sigourney
Iowa
Brighton
Lexington
New Sharon
Oskaloosa
Fred
Omaha
Huttig-Moss Co
St. Joseph
Chicago
Mississippi
50Th
Iowa Infantry
E. P. Wilkins
Brush
Colo
E. P. Walter
C. B. Brier
R. A. Bruce
Ainsworth
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George P. Scriven
United States Signal Corps
Department of the East
Scriven
Europe
Puzzler
New England
Questions and
Chicago Grain
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louiisville
Lin
Foley
Foley’s
Foley & Company
Chicaego
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
King
Ron Caves
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Psin & Aese Munn & Co
Osens, New York
UNN & Ct
Washington, D
Dos Srna
Majestic Bioa
Detroit, Mich
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